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Radio Oxford,5 mins

Abingdon boy’s death may have been ‘hastened’

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A terminally ill boy's death more than 40 years ago may have been "hastened" by his mother, an inquest has concluded. Seven-year-old Hamish Cooper died in December 1981. His mother, Antonya Cooper, told the ѿý in July 2024 she had given him a large dose of morphine to spare him further pain. Photo credit: PA Media

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